The Maryland Crabs is a podcast based in Annapolis Maryland which was launched in September 2016 after, quite literally years of hemming and hawing. After a few false starts, many aborted concepts, we just took the plunge, whipped out the credit cards and lit Amazon on fire with equipment orders. And here we are!

This podcast is not about interviews. It’s about topics and conversations of interest to Marylanders!

We are not going to shy away from controversy or discomfort. Valuable conversations can emerge from them. We will not be adversarial for the sake of being adversarial, but you can expect some heated exchanges between Tim and John and Guests–or any combination of those.

About Guests–we're going to have plenty of them! Some will be local or regional in nature--others more broad.

And, we may even take this show on the road. Some night, you might find us propped on a bar stool at the Ebb Tide..or worse!

It's been an exciting 18 weeks for The Maryland Crabs. In
September we launched after years of hemming and hawing. And in
that time, we opined, formed our conspiracy theories, chatted with
police chiefs, legislators, and even the Governor.

Crime is at an all-time high in Annapolis...or is it? Perception
and statistics rarely align and Chief Pristoop joins the Crabs to
muddle through both. From cameras to staffing and patrols to public
housing, and how he's going to spend the $1.25 million Christmas
gift promised to him by the mayor, no subject is...

Anne Arundel County, Maryland is an odd place. Some things make
so much sense, and then...well, others not so much.

This week, District 6 Councilman, Chris Trumbauer talks to the
crabs about a common sense bill that he proposed that was shot down
like a flaming jug of Round-Up! He proposed that the county limit
the...